Journal article
Optical microassembly platform for constructing reconfigurable microenvironment for biomedical studies
Optical Sensor Technology, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark1
Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark2
Teraherts Technologies and Biophotonics, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark3
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark4
Cellular development is highly influenced by the surrounding microenvironment. We propose user-reconfigurable microenvironments and bio-compatible scaffolds as an approach for understanding cellular development processes. We demonstrate a model platform for constructing versatile microenvironments by fabricating morphologically complex microstructures by two-photon polymerization (2PP) and then assembling these archetypal building blocks into various configurations using multiple, real-time configurable counterpropagating-beam (CB) traps.
The demonstrated capacity for handling feature-rich microcomponents may be further developed into a eneralized microassembly platform.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2009 |
Pages: | 6578-6583 |
ISSN: | 10944087 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1364/OE.17.006578 |
ORCIDs: | Rodrigo, Peter John |